diff --git a/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla.rs b/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla.rs
index bc06c8ea1..9cde750c3 100644
--- a/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla.rs
+++ b/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ use crate::circuit::gadget::{
     ecc::{self, EccInstructions},
     utilities::Var,
 };
-use halo2::{arithmetic::CurveAffine, circuit::Layouter, plonk::Error};
-use std::fmt::Debug;
+use ff::PrimeField;
+use halo2::{circuit::Layouter, plonk::Error};
+use pasta_curves::arithmetic::{CurveAffine, FieldExt};
+use std::{convert::TryInto, fmt::Debug};
 
 pub mod chip;
 mod message;
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ pub trait SinsemillaInstructions<C: CurveAffine, const K: usize, const MAX_WORDS
     ///
     /// For example, in the case `K = 10`, `NUM_BITS = 255`, we can fit
     /// up to `N = 25` words in a single base field element.
-    type MessagePiece;
+    type MessagePiece: Clone + Debug;
 
     /// The x-coordinate of a point output of [`Self::hash_to_point`].
     type X;
@@ -37,37 +39,6 @@ pub trait SinsemillaInstructions<C: CurveAffine, const K: usize, const MAX_WORDS
     /// HashDomains used in this instruction.
     type HashDomains: HashDomains<C>;
 
-    /// Witness a message in the given bitstring.
-    /// Returns a vector of [`Self::MessagePiece`]s encoding the given message.
-    ///
-    /// # Panics
-    ///
-    /// Panics if the message length is not a multiple of `K`.
-    ///
-    /// Panics if the message length exceeds `K * MAX_WORDS`.
-    fn witness_message(
-        &self,
-        layouter: impl Layouter<C::Base>,
-        message: Vec<Option<bool>>,
-    ) -> Result<Self::Message, Error>;
-
-    /// Witnesses a message piece given a field element and the intended number of `K`-bit
-    /// words it contains.
-    ///
-    /// Returns a [`Self::MessagePiece`] encoding the given message.
-    ///
-    /// # Panics
-    ///
-    /// Panics if the message length is not a multiple of `K`.
-    ///
-    /// Panics if the message length exceeds the maximum number of words
-    /// that can fit in a field element.
-    fn witness_message_piece_bitstring(
-        &self,
-        layouter: impl Layouter<C::Base>,
-        message: &[Option<bool>],
-    ) -> Result<Self::MessagePiece, Error>;
-
     /// Witness a message piece given a field element. Returns a [`Self::MessagePiece`]
     /// encoding the given message.
     ///
@@ -75,7 +46,7 @@ pub trait SinsemillaInstructions<C: CurveAffine, const K: usize, const MAX_WORDS
     ///
     /// Panics if `num_words` exceed the maximum number of `K`-bit words that
     /// can fit into a single base field element.
-    fn witness_message_piece_field(
+    fn witness_message_piece(
         &self,
         layouter: impl Layouter<C::Base>,
         value: Option<C::Base>,
@@ -130,24 +101,112 @@ where
 {
     fn from_bitstring(
         chip: SinsemillaChip,
-        layouter: impl Layouter<C::Base>,
+        mut layouter: impl Layouter<C::Base>,
         bitstring: Vec<Option<bool>>,
     ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        let inner = chip.witness_message(layouter, bitstring)?;
-        Ok(Self { chip, inner })
+        // Message must be composed of `K`-bit words.
+        assert_eq!(bitstring.len() % K, 0);
+
+        // Message must have at most `MAX_WORDS` words.
+        assert!(bitstring.len() / K <= MAX_WORDS);
+
+        // Message piece must be at most `ceil(C::NUM_BITS / K)` bits
+        let piece_num_words = C::Base::NUM_BITS as usize / K;
+        let pieces: Result<Vec<_>, _> = bitstring
+            .chunks(piece_num_words * K)
+            .enumerate()
+            .map(
+                |(i, piece)| -> Result<MessagePiece<C, SinsemillaChip, K, MAX_WORDS>, Error> {
+                    MessagePiece::from_bitstring(
+                        chip.clone(),
+                        layouter.namespace(|| format!("message piece {}", i)),
+                        piece,
+                    )
+                },
+            )
+            .collect();
+
+        pieces.map(|pieces| Self::from_pieces(chip, pieces))
     }
 
     /// Constructs a message from a vector of [`MessagePiece`]s.
     ///
     /// [`MessagePiece`]: SinsemillaInstructions::MessagePiece
-    fn from_pieces(chip: SinsemillaChip, pieces: Vec<SinsemillaChip::MessagePiece>) -> Self {
+    fn from_pieces(
+        chip: SinsemillaChip,
+        pieces: Vec<MessagePiece<C, SinsemillaChip, K, MAX_WORDS>>,
+    ) -> Self {
         Self {
             chip,
-            inner: pieces.into(),
+            inner: pieces
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|piece| piece.inner)
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .into(),
         }
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct MessagePiece<C: CurveAffine, SinsemillaChip, const K: usize, const MAX_WORDS: usize>
+where
+    SinsemillaChip: SinsemillaInstructions<C, K, MAX_WORDS> + Clone + Debug + Eq,
+{
+    chip: SinsemillaChip,
+    inner: SinsemillaChip::MessagePiece,
+}
+
+impl<C: CurveAffine, SinsemillaChip, const K: usize, const MAX_WORDS: usize>
+    MessagePiece<C, SinsemillaChip, K, MAX_WORDS>
+where
+    SinsemillaChip: SinsemillaInstructions<C, K, MAX_WORDS> + Clone + Debug + Eq,
+{
+    fn from_bitstring(
+        chip: SinsemillaChip,
+        layouter: impl Layouter<C::Base>,
+        bitstring: &[Option<bool>],
+    ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        // Message must be composed of `K`-bit words.
+        assert_eq!(bitstring.len() % K, 0);
+        let num_words = bitstring.len() / K;
+
+        // Message piece must be at most `ceil(C::Base::NUM_BITS / K)` bits
+        let piece_max_num_words = C::Base::NUM_BITS as usize / K;
+        assert!(num_words <= piece_max_num_words as usize);
+
+        // Closure to parse a bitstring (little-endian) into a base field element.
+        let to_base_field = |bits: &[Option<bool>]| -> Option<C::Base> {
+            assert!(bits.len() <= C::Base::NUM_BITS as usize);
+
+            let bits: Option<Vec<bool>> = bits.iter().cloned().collect();
+            let bytes: Option<Vec<u8>> = bits.map(|bits| {
+                // Pad bits to 256 bits
+                let pad_len = 256 - bits.len();
+                let mut bits = bits;
+                bits.extend_from_slice(&vec![false; pad_len]);
+
+                bits.chunks_exact(8)
+                    .map(|byte| byte.iter().rev().fold(0u8, |acc, bit| acc * 2 + *bit as u8))
+                    .collect()
+            });
+            bytes.map(|bytes| C::Base::from_bytes(&bytes.try_into().unwrap()).unwrap())
+        };
+
+        let piece_value = to_base_field(bitstring);
+        Self::from_field_elem(chip, layouter, piece_value, num_words)
+    }
+
+    fn from_field_elem(
+        chip: SinsemillaChip,
+        layouter: impl Layouter<C::Base>,
+        field_elem: Option<C::Base>,
+        num_words: usize,
+    ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let inner = chip.witness_message_piece(layouter, field_elem, num_words)?;
+        Ok(Self { chip, inner })
+    }
+}
+
 /// A domain in which $\mathsf{SinsemillaHashToPoint}$ and $\mathsf{SinsemillaHash}$ can
 /// be used.
 #[allow(non_snake_case)]
@@ -242,7 +301,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::{
         chip::SinsemillaHashDomains,
         chip::{SinsemillaChip, SinsemillaConfig},
-        HashDomain, Message, SinsemillaInstructions,
+        HashDomain, Message, MessagePiece,
     };
 
     use crate::{
@@ -278,12 +337,30 @@ mod tests {
                 meta.advice_column(),
             ];
 
-            let constants = meta.fixed_column();
+            // TODO: Replace with public inputs API
+            let constants_1 = [
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+            ];
+            let constants_2 = [
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+                meta.fixed_column(),
+            ];
+
             let perm = meta.permutation(
                 &advices
                     .iter()
                     .map(|advice| (*advice).into())
-                    .chain(Some(constants.into()))
+                    .chain(constants_1.iter().map(|fixed| (*fixed).into()))
+                    .chain(constants_2.iter().map(|fixed| (*fixed).into()))
                     .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
             );
 
@@ -300,14 +377,14 @@ mod tests {
                 meta,
                 advices[..5].try_into().unwrap(),
                 lookup,
-                constants,
+                constants_1,
                 perm.clone(),
             );
             let config2 = SinsemillaChip::configure(
                 meta,
                 advices[5..].try_into().unwrap(),
                 lookup,
-                constants,
+                constants_2,
                 perm,
             );
             (ecc_config, config1, config2)
@@ -337,13 +414,17 @@ mod tests {
 
                 // Layer 31, l = MERKLE_DEPTH_ORCHARD - 1 - layer = 0
                 let l_bitstring = vec![Some(false); K];
-                let l = chip1
-                    .witness_message_piece_bitstring(layouter.namespace(|| "l"), &l_bitstring)?;
+                let l = MessagePiece::from_bitstring(
+                    chip1.clone(),
+                    layouter.namespace(|| "l"),
+                    &l_bitstring,
+                )?;
 
                 // Left leaf
                 let left_bitstring: Vec<Option<bool>> =
                     (0..250).map(|_| Some(rand::random::<bool>())).collect();
-                let left = chip1.witness_message_piece_bitstring(
+                let left = MessagePiece::from_bitstring(
+                    chip1.clone(),
                     layouter.namespace(|| "left"),
                     &left_bitstring,
                 )?;
@@ -351,7 +432,8 @@ mod tests {
                 // Right leaf
                 let right_bitstring: Vec<Option<bool>> =
                     (0..250).map(|_| Some(rand::random::<bool>())).collect();
-                let right = chip1.witness_message_piece_bitstring(
+                let right = MessagePiece::from_bitstring(
+                    chip1.clone(),
                     layouter.namespace(|| "right"),
                     &right_bitstring,
                 )?;
diff --git a/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla/chip.rs b/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla/chip.rs
index ae70da58c..fcffc2ba4 100644
--- a/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla/chip.rs
+++ b/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla/chip.rs
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ use super::{
 use crate::{
     circuit::gadget::{
         ecc::chip::EccPoint,
-        utilities::{CellValue, Var},
+        utilities::{lookup_range_check::LookupRangeCheckConfig, CellValue, Var},
     },
     primitives::sinsemilla::{
         self, Q_COMMIT_IVK_M_GENERATOR, Q_MERKLE_CRH, Q_NOTE_COMMITMENT_M_GENERATOR,
     },
 };
 
-use ff::PrimeField;
 use halo2::{
     arithmetic::{CurveAffine, FieldExt},
     circuit::{Chip, Layouter},
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ use halo2::{
 };
 use pasta_curves::pallas;
 
-use std::convert::TryInto;
-
 mod generator_table;
 pub use generator_table::get_s_by_idx;
 use generator_table::GeneratorTableConfig;
@@ -60,13 +57,19 @@ pub struct SinsemillaConfig {
     lambda_2: Column<Advice>,
     /// The lookup table where $(\mathsf{idx}, x_p, y_p)$ are loaded for the $2^K$
     /// generators of the Sinsemilla hash.
-    generator_table: GeneratorTableConfig,
+    pub(super) generator_table: GeneratorTableConfig,
     /// Fixed column shared by the whole circuit. This is used to load the
     /// x-coordinate of the domain $Q$, which is then constrained to equal the
     /// initial $x_a$.
     constants: Column<Fixed>,
     /// Permutation over all advice columns and the `constants` fixed column.
-    perm: Permutation,
+    pub(super) perm: Permutation,
+    /// Configure each advice column to be able to perform lookup range checks.
+    pub(super) lookup_config_0: LookupRangeCheckConfig<pallas::Base, { sinsemilla::K }>,
+    pub(super) lookup_config_1: LookupRangeCheckConfig<pallas::Base, { sinsemilla::K }>,
+    pub(super) lookup_config_2: LookupRangeCheckConfig<pallas::Base, { sinsemilla::K }>,
+    pub(super) lookup_config_3: LookupRangeCheckConfig<pallas::Base, { sinsemilla::K }>,
+    pub(super) lookup_config_4: LookupRangeCheckConfig<pallas::Base, { sinsemilla::K }>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Clone, Debug)]
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ impl SinsemillaChip {
         meta: &mut ConstraintSystem<pallas::Base>,
         advices: [Column<Advice>; 5],
         lookup: (Column<Fixed>, Column<Fixed>, Column<Fixed>),
-        constants: Column<Fixed>,
+        constants: [Column<Fixed>; 6], // TODO: replace with public inputs API
         perm: Permutation,
     ) -> <Self as Chip<pallas::Base>>::Config {
         let config = SinsemillaConfig {
@@ -123,7 +126,42 @@ impl SinsemillaChip {
                 table_x: lookup.1,
                 table_y: lookup.2,
             },
-            constants,
+            constants: constants[5],
+            lookup_config_0: LookupRangeCheckConfig::configure(
+                meta,
+                advices[0],
+                constants[0],
+                lookup.0,
+                perm.clone(),
+            ),
+            lookup_config_1: LookupRangeCheckConfig::configure(
+                meta,
+                advices[1],
+                constants[1],
+                lookup.0,
+                perm.clone(),
+            ),
+            lookup_config_2: LookupRangeCheckConfig::configure(
+                meta,
+                advices[2],
+                constants[2],
+                lookup.0,
+                perm.clone(),
+            ),
+            lookup_config_3: LookupRangeCheckConfig::configure(
+                meta,
+                advices[3],
+                constants[3],
+                lookup.0,
+                perm.clone(),
+            ),
+            lookup_config_4: LookupRangeCheckConfig::configure(
+                meta,
+                advices[4],
+                constants[4],
+                lookup.0,
+                perm.clone(),
+            ),
             perm,
         };
 
@@ -225,71 +263,7 @@ impl SinsemillaInstructions<pallas::Affine, { sinsemilla::K }, { sinsemilla::C }
 
     type HashDomains = SinsemillaHashDomains;
 
-    #[allow(non_snake_case)]
-    fn witness_message(
-        &self,
-        mut layouter: impl Layouter<pallas::Base>,
-        message: Vec<Option<bool>>,
-    ) -> Result<Self::Message, Error> {
-        // Message must be composed of `K`-bit words.
-        assert_eq!(message.len() % sinsemilla::K, 0);
-
-        // Message must have at most `sinsemilla::C` words.
-        assert!(message.len() / sinsemilla::K <= sinsemilla::C);
-
-        // Message piece must be at most `ceil(pallas::Base::NUM_BITS / sinsemilla::K)` bits
-        let piece_num_words = pallas::Base::NUM_BITS as usize / sinsemilla::K;
-        let pieces: Result<Vec<_>, _> = message
-            .chunks(piece_num_words * sinsemilla::K)
-            .enumerate()
-            .map(|(i, piece)| -> Result<Self::MessagePiece, Error> {
-                self.witness_message_piece_bitstring(
-                    layouter.namespace(|| format!("message piece {}", i)),
-                    piece,
-                )
-            })
-            .collect();
-
-        pieces.map(|pieces| pieces.into())
-    }
-
-    #[allow(non_snake_case)]
-    fn witness_message_piece_bitstring(
-        &self,
-        layouter: impl Layouter<pallas::Base>,
-        message_piece: &[Option<bool>],
-    ) -> Result<Self::MessagePiece, Error> {
-        // Message must be composed of `K`-bit words.
-        assert_eq!(message_piece.len() % sinsemilla::K, 0);
-        let num_words = message_piece.len() / sinsemilla::K;
-
-        // Message piece must be at most `ceil(C::Base::NUM_BITS / sinsemilla::K)` bits
-        let piece_max_num_words = pallas::Base::NUM_BITS as usize / sinsemilla::K;
-        assert!(num_words <= piece_max_num_words as usize);
-
-        // Closure to parse a bitstring (little-endian) into a base field element.
-        let to_base_field = |bits: &[Option<bool>]| -> Option<pallas::Base> {
-            assert!(bits.len() <= pallas::Base::NUM_BITS as usize);
-
-            let bits: Option<Vec<bool>> = bits.iter().cloned().collect();
-            let bytes: Option<Vec<u8>> = bits.map(|bits| {
-                // Pad bits to 256 bits
-                let pad_len = 256 - bits.len();
-                let mut bits = bits;
-                bits.extend_from_slice(&vec![false; pad_len]);
-
-                bits.chunks_exact(8)
-                    .map(|byte| byte.iter().rev().fold(0u8, |acc, bit| acc * 2 + *bit as u8))
-                    .collect()
-            });
-            bytes.map(|bytes| pallas::Base::from_bytes(&bytes.try_into().unwrap()).unwrap())
-        };
-
-        let piece_value = to_base_field(message_piece);
-        self.witness_message_piece_field(layouter, piece_value, num_words)
-    }
-
-    fn witness_message_piece_field(
+    fn witness_message_piece(
         &self,
         mut layouter: impl Layouter<pallas::Base>,
         field_elem: Option<pallas::Base>,
diff --git a/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla/message.rs b/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla/message.rs
index 20616123e..ac2926d9c 100644
--- a/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla/message.rs
+++ b/src/circuit/gadget/sinsemilla/message.rs
@@ -34,25 +34,17 @@ impl<F: FieldExt + PrimeFieldBits, const K: usize, const MAX_WORDS: usize> std::
 /// cannot exceed the base field's `NUM_BITS`.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct MessagePiece<F: FieldExt, const K: usize> {
-    cell: Cell,
-    field_elem: Option<F>,
+    cell_value: CellValue<F>,
     /// The number of K-bit words in this message piece.
     num_words: usize,
 }
 
-#[allow(clippy::from_over_into)]
-impl<F: FieldExt + PrimeFieldBits, const K: usize> Into<CellValue<F>> for MessagePiece<F, K> {
-    fn into(self) -> CellValue<F> {
-        CellValue::new(self.cell(), self.field_elem())
-    }
-}
-
 impl<F: FieldExt + PrimeFieldBits, const K: usize> MessagePiece<F, K> {
     pub fn new(cell: Cell, field_elem: Option<F>, num_words: usize) -> Self {
         assert!(num_words * K < F::NUM_BITS as usize);
+        let cell_value = CellValue::new(cell, field_elem);
         Self {
-            cell,
-            field_elem,
+            cell_value,
             num_words,
         }
     }
@@ -62,10 +54,14 @@ impl<F: FieldExt + PrimeFieldBits, const K: usize> MessagePiece<F, K> {
     }
 
     pub fn cell(&self) -> Cell {
-        self.cell
+        self.cell_value.cell()
     }
 
     pub fn field_elem(&self) -> Option<F> {
-        self.field_elem
+        self.cell_value.value()
+    }
+
+    pub fn cell_value(&self) -> CellValue<F> {
+        self.cell_value
     }
 }